MONICA NOBLE
E'MOTE | MO HUSTLE | creator
she is EMOTION
noun |iˈmōSHən|
1 she was good at hiding her emotions:
feeling, sentiment; reaction, response.
2 overcome by emotion, she turned away:
passion, strength of feeling, warmth of feeling.
3 responses based purely on emotion: instinct, intuition, gut feeling; sentiment,the heart.
Who are you?
I am a storyteller, and someone who loves to use my daily situations to inspire my craft.
What is your choreographic style of dance?
My choreographic style of dance is a fusion. I have a style known as "Mo Hustle" which is a hard hitting hip hop style. I also have a style called "E'Mote" that I created 7 years ago that is focused on emotion, story telling, and performance. My voice as a choreographer is about cultivating performers and chameleons of dance. I want dancers to be able to find their own voice as artists and be able to tell stories in any given situation. So I choreograph based upon everyday experiences.
When was your most provocative moment as a dancer or choreographer?
My most provocative moment as as a choreographer was when I choreographed my piece to "LoveStoned" where I combined hip hop and contemporary into one piece. This was the beginning of E'Mote, and so many people in the Atlanta dance community saw me as an artist, finally. It was a major moment for me as I found my voice as an artist and choreographer.
Describe when you had a freeing experience, or a “come to moment” and realization that dance and choreography was your calling and purpose.
My freeing experience and "come to moment" realization that dance and choreography was my calling was my senior year of undergraduate school. For years, I focused on being a physician. I attended GA State University were I learned hip hop my sophomore year. It was in that year that I learned about the industry, was motivated to choreograph, and realized that I could make dance my career. After all the many years of wanting to put science first and dance second, I realized that dance was my calling. And after 10 years, I have never looked back!!
Where did this moment happen?
This moment happened in a research lab at GSU that I was assisting at. I would help the post-doctorate with her metabolism research, dancing and being so not focused as I completed my tasks as a research assistant. They, as well as myself, knew that dance was my true calling.
Why does this moment stick with you and how does it inspire you in all of your dance and choreography creations?
I feel like I am a huge testimony for the dance community. I am not supposed to be here. I am not supposed to be a professional dancer/teacher/choreographer. I was supposed to be a doctor. I invested my entire life for this profession because everyone told me that I could not make dance a career. And as hard as it has been on so many levels, I thank GOD that he showed me my destiny, and allowed me to affect people through dance. I feel that I could have done way more as an instructor than I could have done as a physician.